Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.148
Translators: sujato
Numbered Discourses 4.148
15. Ābhāvagga
15. Brightness
Duccaritasutta
Bad Conduct
“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, vacīduccaritāni.
“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of bad conduct by way of speech.
Katamāni cattāri?
What four?
Musāvādo, pisuṇā vācā, pharusā vācā, samphappalāpo—
Speech that’s false, divisive, harsh, or nonsensical.
Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri vacīduccaritānī”ti.
These are the four kinds of bad conduct by way of speech.”
Aṭṭhamaṁ.